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Appendix N: Security Overview
- N.1 SUID Usage
N.1 SUID Usage
TORQUE uses setuid (SUID) permissions in a single location so as to validate the identity of a user request. This is accomplished using the pbs_iff tool which is SUID root and performs the following actions:- parse specified server hostname and port
- connect to specified server port using reserved/privileged port
- determine UID of executing user
- report UID and socket port info of caller to server
- verify response from server